DINNER AT 7

2012

"Hey, Milo. Where to?" Delores asked Milo who appeared to be sneaking out of the house. She was coming down the stairs when she caught him.

"Fuck" Milo sighed.

"You're not allowed to use the F word till you're 16" Delores said sternly.

"Alright. Please let me go hang out with my friends... I promise mum and dad won't find out" Milo begged. After not that much comtemplation, Delores allowed him to go. As he was ran off, Delores called out his name and he came to a halt.

"How come you never come to me to talk about girls. I mean, not like I want you to but... I'm your elder sister. I live for these kind of things" Delores said nervously.

"Don't worry, I promise you that if I ever fall in love with any girl, you'd be the first to know. Not mum or dad, you" Milo said with a smile.

"Okay, I gotta go now. Bye" Milo continued then he ran off.

2022

Delores, Jenkins, Sam and Patricia we're all seated in the dining room having dinner. As they ate, they laughed and continued their discussion afterwards.

"I must say Jenkins, you're really a funny guy" Patricia said laughing.

"You deserve to smile after everything you've been through with your daughter" Jenkins said.

"Thank you" Patricia said while blushing. Delores felt disgusted. He thought his father and his mother were together.

"Don't you have husband?" Delores asked sternly as he rolled spaghetti in his fork and then ate it.

"Excuse me?" Patricia asked shocked by the tone Delores used on her.

"Neville" Jenkins warned.

"Sorry" Delores apologised.

"Well if you must know, my husband and I got a divorce a year after the death of our daughter" Patricia said sadly.

"Dad was always such a dick" Delores said with contempt.

"What?" Patricia asked.

"I'm so sorry to hear that ma'am. It must have been tough for you. I mean first you loose your daughter then your husband? Men are scum darling" Sam said trying to move the focus from Delores after her comment, and then he took a sip from his drink.

"Thank you. Neville...umm...why did you call my husband dad?" Patricia asked.

"He has a drinking problem. Please don't pay any attention to whatever he says" Jenkins said sternly.

"Oh, well I hope you get through it, Neville" Patricia said and then they continued eating. As they ate, Delores couldn't help but think about telling his mother the truth that no one seemed to believe. He then recalled the times he told Sam and Jenkins about it but they thought him a drunkard. He then imagined what it would be like telling his mother about it. He knew she wasn't going to take it likely.

"Hey umm... I'm gonna go to the bathroom" Delores said as he got up from his seat.

"It's to the..." Patricia said but got interrupted when Delores completed her sentence.

"...left, I know" Delores said and then he went to the bathroom.

"Neville is a really weird guy" Patricia said and the rest chuckled.

"Tell me about it" Sam said with a scoff.

Delores was done with the bathroom and as he was about to go back to the dining room, he decided to secretly give his old house a tour. He went up the stairs unnoticed. He then looked at the pictures on the wall. One was a picture of him, his mother and his brother. Everyone smiled in that picture except his brother; Milo, and he remembered that day vividly like it was yesterday. He ran two of his fingers through them as he reminisced about his past.

2012

"Guys are you all ready? The camera guy will be here any second" Patricia said.

"Mum I couldn't find any black T-shirt so I just put on a hoodie. Is that okay?" Delores asked.

"Black is black Dee. You look great" Patricia said with a smile. "Now, where's your brother?" She asked sternly. Milo came down with a black crop top and a long pair of black leather trousers.

"Milo, what the hell are you wearing?" Patricia asked.

"Milo, why are you wearing my clothes? How many times have I warned you to stop wearing them?!" Delores yelled.

"He wears your clothes?" Patricia asked in disbelief.

"Take the off, now!" Delores demanded.

"You're a fucking boy why are you wearing girls clothes?" Delores asked out of anger.

"I just wanted to make you guys laugh a bit" Milo said almost in tears.

"We've seen it and it's not funny. So go change now. I don't want the photographer to come see you like this" Patricia demanded sternly then Milo went back upstairs and changed into something more masculine.

"Where's dad?" Delores asked.

"He won't be able to make it. So it'll be just the three of us" Patricia said and then Delores nodded in agreement. Minutes later, the Photographer arrived and they took the picture.

2022

Delores held back her tears after remembering that day. It was her family's fault that Milo couldn't confide in them and now he was like 25 and hadn't still come out to his mother. He then left the hallway and entered into his room. That was where he saw the keto altar his mother set up for him. He marvelled at it. He even took some bars out from the altar as snack for later. He stared at his former stuff and almost cried. Then he left his room. He was about to go back to the dining room when his brother; Milo caught him.

"Yo, what are you doing here?" Milo asked frankly.